Best­sellers

Water­stones’ 10 top- sell­ing his­tory books, pub­lished this year

The Spy and the Traitor: The Great­est Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Mac­in­tyre (Vik­ing) Viet­nam by Max Hast­ings (Wil­liam Collins) The Story of the Bri­tish Isles in 100 Places by Neil Oliver (Ban­tam Press) Spit­fire by John Ni­chol (Si­mon & Schus­ter) A His­tory of the World in 21 Women by Jenni Mur­ray (Oneworld) Bloody Bril­liant Women by Cathy New­man (Wil­liam Collins) Arn­hem by Antony Beevor (Vik­ing) Big Week by James Hol­land (Ban­tam Press) The Colour of Time: A New His­tory of the World, 1850–1960 by Ma­rina Amaral and Dan Jones (Head Of Zeus) Na­tives by Akala (Hod­der & Stoughton) Ac­cu­rate at time of print­ing

Woman’s Hour host Jenni Mur­ray’s book about re­mark­able women was a best­seller